Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX

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30 December 1761 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada

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Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS

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Born: 30 December 1761 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada

Father: Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX

Mother: Marie-Madeleine DESROSIERS

Paternal grandparents: Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX , Catherine DESROCHES

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François DESROSIERS , Marguerite DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR

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Josephte married Jean-Baptiste PEPIN 11 August 1783 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste PEPIN was born 22 June 1757 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN and Marie-Louise PINARD.

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX married

Jean-Baptiste PEPIN
Marriage date: 11 August 1783
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste PEPIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste PEPIN and Marie-Louise PINARD

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Birth — 1761
30 December 1761
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada

1783 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX and Jean-Baptiste PEPIN 11 August 1783, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 21 years old.

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